Exploration Awaits
One of the beauties travelling is the discovery of unique and extraordinary places. Like this hotel: a genuine work of modern art created inside a converted early 20th century automobile factory. The former Fiat car plant now houses North-West Italy's biggesttrade fair and convention center, an upscale shopping mall with the leading names in Italian design, an art gallery containing Giovanni Agnelli's collection of masterpieces (pinacoteca), a concert hall and a hypermarket dedicated exclusively to Slow Food.
Le Méridien Turin Art+Tech is a truly remarkable testament to Renzo Piano's visionary approach to contemporary design, a project that uses art and light in abundance to illuminate Turin's rich historical and cultural legacy against a backdrop of stunning Alpine scenery.
Turin manages to combine the stately aristocratic atmosphere of a former capital with the lively contemporary feel of an Olympic city. A stroll around Turin is a voyage of continual discovery: a Baroque courtyard evokes kings and carriages, a contemporary art installation arises among 17th century palaces, a coffee shop which elsewhere might be a museum serves the finest hot chocolate and pastries.
Turin is also home to some of the world's most important artistic and historic artifacts: drawings by Leonardo da Vinci and the Holy Shroud are near neighbors at the Royal Library and the Duomo respectively.